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August 2019

August 11, 2019

Portland Parish Protests POC Priest

Here's an article at TheDeacon's Bench that caught my eye: "Revolt: parishioners protest changes...

April 2019

April 15, 2019

Watching Notre Dame Burn

First, my memories. For what it's worth, I was at Notre Dame in Paris three...

January 2019

January 04, 2019

Happy Elizabeth Ann Seton Day! (with discussion questions)

It would seem that I have not, despite multiple years of blogging, blogged about her,...

November 2018

November 15, 2018

Pope, Bishops to Catholics: You’re on your own

You'll understand if I'm a bit grumpy today, after several days of watching the latest...

September 2018

September 13, 2018

“Lord, to whom shall we go?” and the Catholic Cover-up Crisis

Before I get to the most recent of the Catholic Cover-up Crisis news (because, again,...

August 2018

August 15, 2018

How do you hold bishops accountable without destroying the church?

That's the question, isn't it? In the wake of the McCarrick scandal comes the grand...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

What can the laity actually do, post-McCarrick?

So now Cardinal McCarrick is now just, well, I guess, Mr. McCarrick. The Washington Post,...

July 25, 2018

Cardinal McCarrick and the future of the church

Not long ago, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., was accused of...

June 2017

June 17, 2017

Who is a “Catholic”? – About Schismatic Churches

An "Independent Catholic" church founded by a breakaway priest.

September 2016

September 10, 2016

Church outreach – reader ideas?

So it's been a long week, and I've been somewhat preoccupied by Cub Scout matters,...

May 2016

May 21, 2016

Latest “rights” fight: the “right to bury”

From the National Catholic Reporter, "Kentucky archdiocese nixes Supreme Court design on gay couple’s gravestone":...

April 2016

April 08, 2016

What does the pope say?

in the new apostolic exhortation, "The Joy of Love"? Nothing that I can pin down...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Church and community, and a circular issue

So here's something I was thinking about: So as I mentioned yesterday, my oldest son...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

Mass in the shadow of the K-Mart Building

So last weekend, we were visiting my parents, having last been there at Thanksgiving. And...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Are Catholic schools worth it? Part two: dynamic scoring

So I had a long chat with my husband over dinner (yes, a rare treat...

March 22, 2015

Are Catholic schools worth it? Or should we throw in the towel?

No, this is not just a rhetorical question. At church, I listened to the pastor,...

March 19, 2015

What do you know about the Parish Transformation Initiative?

Yes, this is a genuine question, not just a rhetorical one. I came across this...

March 14, 2015

On getting Catholics to sing: a question

This is more of an open-ended post for reader comments, on something I've been thinking...

February 2015

February 22, 2015

I’d forgotten about liturgy. . .

(Some backstory here.)I didn't grow up Catholic, but Lutheran. Well, mostly. Mom is Lutheran and...

February 18, 2015

It’s Ash Wednesday

And I'm going to ramble a bit to see if anything interesting comes out.If you're...

January 2015

January 19, 2015

Women and the Priesthood: in the news

Back in the fall, I wrote a longish post on women wanting to be priests....

December 2014

December 29, 2014

Parking a link: “Catholics at a Crossroads”

From Chicago magazine, a feature article on the declining membership in the Catholic Church in...

October 2014

October 26, 2014

Today’s readings: usury

(I really, really need to get a start on putting labels on my blog posts....